Welcome to:
The South Bay Orchid Society.
The South Bay Orchid Society, (SBOS) founded in 1957 is a nonprofit organization
formed to promote public appreciation of orchids and to provide education
and support for novices and experts alike. We generally meet every 3rd
Friday of the month at the South Coast Botanic Gardens in on the Palos
Verdes Peninsula, California. |
Orchid
Care Session
7:00 pm
Tom Biggart will also present our culture session
on Dendrobiums. This will cover a broader range of
culture topics and be
helpful for those new to growing Dendrobiums as well
as the
seasoned grower.
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Guest Speaker
8:00 pm
Speaker: Tom Biggart
Australian Dendrobiums
Tom Biggart is the owner and head grower of Granite
Hills Orchids
in El Cajon, California, 15 miles east of an Diego.
Tom
will be presenting the various types of Dendrobiums found
in
Australia. He will give culture tips on growing the common
and uncommon species from this wonderful continent and
hopefully convincing everyone why they are the best plants
in
the Orchid Family to grow in our local climate as these
orchids
are cold weather hardy and easy to grow.
His nursery is a hobby business which means he doesn’t
make
a living growing plants. It is more of a labor of love!
Tom
loves plants in general, and orchids are his main passion.
He is
very interested in Encyclias and has a large collection
of Encyclia
species and hybrids. All Dendrobiums fascinate him
also. The Australian cool growers are a current interest.
He
also has many cool growing Pleurothallids from the Andes.
These are more of a challenge in the warm interior valley
where he lives with his wife. He is a retired elementary
school
teacher with orchids as his new students. He would love
to
have anyone stop by to talk orchids should one be in
the San
Diego area.
In addition, he will bring a few plants for sale — Sarcochilus
and Dendrobium kingianum and speciosum hybrids. Picture,
above, is from Tom’s website: www.granitehillsorchids.com.
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